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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-21

THE lawyers have decided that the i'm
ported preacher who was employed to
take charge of one of the fash New York
churches must return, as he is laborer
within the meaning of the law, and
as such is prohibited from competing
with the native-born toiler. That
is right. The early disciples were in
structed to seek the lost sheep Of Israel
with neither gold nor silver nor brass in
their purses; they were commanded to
carry neither script nor stores, but to de-
pend on their work for meat. They did
not telegraph ahead ana tell the sinners
to come if 5000 night were guaranteed,
as some of our progressive Americans do,
nor did they wait until an iron-clsd con-
tract was signed, sealed and delivered to
them. There were preachers in those
days; there are preachers in these, there
are lecturers on Scripture also.
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TWO VIE WS.

"The land of country belongs to the
people of that country, because God has
gwen 1t to them for their support and
benefit, and He has commanded that in
the sweat Of their brows they shall eat
bread."- Bishop Nulty.
"The land OF the country belongs to
the foreign syndicate. Men beyond the
seas shall hold and exercise dominion
over it. The fiocks and herds of the
alien shall feed upon the hills and tramp
down the vine, the barley and the corn of
the citizen. The habitations of the poor
shall be RACED, their hearthfres eXtin-
guished, their household goods and gods
destroyed and desecrated, and their chill
dren driven forth to seek companionship
with the cayote and the fox. The beef
steer is my protege and shall protect him
For him the glorious landscape to gaze
upon; for him the purling waters to
drink; for him the sweet herbage to eat;
for him the pure air to breathe. The
sons of man shall fee in terror at his
coming and he shall wax sleek and fat
undisturbed. School houses shall pro-
tectshin from the winds and in deserted
shrines shall he find shelter. The green
sward is his and for him; let its bright
sheen therefore be not profsned by the
over and wrong side out, for Fred Grant.
The Herald urges people to vote for him
because he is the son of his father.
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ALTAR AND TOMB.
Che Gazette's Record OF the Marriages
and Deaths In Texas.

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MARRIAGES.
Joseph R,tliff and Mrs. Sarah A. Wood,
Bolton, October II.
Oscar G. Johns and Miss frankie James,
Temple, October u.
William Henderson and Miss Belle
Orme, Pottsboro, October 10.
T. A. Harrison and Miss Mollie E. Shell
ton, Burnett county, October Is.
John Tipps and Miss Lelis Studdard,
Rusk county, October 5.
G. L. Mays and Miss Lula Virgins,
New Salem, October 5.
W. T. Hamilton and Miss Alice Yarrell,
Grayson county, October Is.
c. A. Forrest and Miss M. e. Wright,
Walker county, October 5.
B L Higgins and Miss Alice Vosberg,
Cleburne, October II.
George B. Kirby and Miss Ads Keller,
Graham, October g.
Grif Jones and Miss Kste Csrolen, Fort
Worth, October IA.
Oscar Parten and Miss Alva Bard, Mad
isonviIle, October 8.
Thomas Strong and Miss AIRY D. DUR,
Center, October 6.
W. Il. Arnold and Miss Jessie Clerk,
Texarkans, October Is.
Robert TulIoch and Miss Hattie Gilbert,
Bolton, October H.
Warren Thompson and Miss Ramona
Oleves, Ell Paso, October 8.
Judge T. J Lowe and Mrs. B. Fielder,
Gilmer, October -.
E. L. Bush and Miss Viva E. Crouch,
Gainesville, October IL.
William WeIch and Miss Beulah Stewart,
.Kosse, October 5.
w. F. Steele end Miss Helen Alley,
Georgetown, October 5.
J. W. Ratliff and Miss N. 1. Hubbard,
Kaufman county, October 9.
T. ". Wheeler and Miss Mary Rodgers,
Milan county, October 3.
A. Trippet and Miss Lizzie Walker,
Waxahachie, October Is.
j. P. Burroughs and Miss Mamie Will
liams, Wsxahschie, October Is.
M. L. Cobb and Miss Dems Bond,
Terrell, October II.
DEATHS.
G. W. Hilburn, Greenville, October IL.
Mrs. M, A. ToWnsley, Tex arksns, Octo-
Der u.
Beuregard Sing, Texsrksna, October
II.
Mrs. Victoria Conyaud, Bryan, Octo-
Der 6.
Mrs. Lucy Thomas, near Sherman, Oc-
tober II.
Rev. j. J. Johnson, Huntsville, Octo-
Der 7.
John Mcdowell, Killeen, October IL.
John Jordan, Whitewright, October 8.
George W. Hilburn, Greenville, Octo-
Der TO-
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PROFESSOR GOODWIN SMITH, speaking
of the separation of the American colo
MES from England, says that ga little
patience, little endurance on the part
of tn colonies would have ended in a
repeal of the Objectionable laws" 1t is
too late in the season to go back and try
the effects of patience and endurance
now. We have it from a gentleman
named Patrick Henry, however, that fur
Their patience would have resulted in the
presence of red coat in every house, and
this see9ss to be not improbable in view
of the fact that the Irish have been exer-
cising patience and endurance for 700
years without having any of the obnox-
ious laws repealed.
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long as il can be maintained by indi-
vidual power or legal methods. The
rapid settlement of portions of the school
lauds has partially broken the first, and
by a skillful manipulation OF popular
prejudices they are enabled to retreat
behind the framework of the law.
1t remains to be seen whether their
position is strong enough to defy the
popular sentiment, which was skillfully
invoked to shelter them, and is now
fagrantly insulted when its services are
10 longer needed.
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Is the story: He had been out and his
necktie became disarrapged, when,
happening to meet two young ladies of
his own persuasion with whom ne was
acquainted, he inquired whether either of
them could give him pin. One of the
girls Immediately produced from her
pocket s nstty little pin cushion full of
pins, which she handed to him with
bewitchlpg smile. 1t is more than prob
able that this smile aud the good looks
of the If donor had good deal to do
with the young fellows choice, as he
proposed to her and was accepted the
next day. But he always sturdily main
tanned that he was influenced at the time
by nothing more than the pin-cushion.
Another illustration from life: we'll
educated and intellectual gentleman, on
being asked how he came to select the
young woman who eventually became
his wife, and whom he had first met in
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prior right to purchase; that relying
upon such privilege we did not expect any dis
position of the lands until classification by
the state, which has not been made, and that
these lands have been leased without giving ne
a nance to protest our rights, our homes and
our families by purchase or lease. The winter
is upon us and we have no time to prepare
habitations elsewhere for odr families to es'
cape It's severity. The manager OF the com
pany has given Us peremptory orders to get out
a. once, stating that he had need for all the
land. We appeal to you, as the supreme exec
uEor of the law to protect US, If possible, In our
rights and homes, which have been invaded
without warning, and prevent the sacrifice of
years IF labor, the results of which Will other
wise be conllsca.e ed to the lessee. Very respect
fully, WIN. JONES,
CIV. BOYD.
The names of the settlers who have
been ordered off their lands, with the num-
Der of cattle approximately owned
by them, are: George W. Boyd,
$50; W. M. Jones, 40; Henry Holstefn,
%; S. R Holmes, %: T. ]. Allen, 250;
S. II. Vaughn, $50; J. Byrd, 200; Doc
Adamson, 30; - Hawkins, 100; F
Firing, IS; Bill Ellis, 100; Jim Nc
Cracker, 70; - McCracken, %; Frank
Allen, 20; Leigh Smedley, 40; Bill Smed
ley, 60 horses John Cresswell, 800 cattle;
Tom Nicely, 40; C. Clifton, 10; E. Mont
gomery, Is; jim Lyon, 200; Howe Pow
ers, 10. The following parties have no
cattle: a. F. Swaford, John Swafford,
Aaron Beck, Henry Willimot, S. A.
Adamson, Yves Cain.
It was stated to THE GAzETTE's Mo
beetle correspondent by one of the set
tiers that he had it on good authority
that before applying to lease Mr.. Drew,
manager of the company, went down to
Austin to ascertain whether in case he
leased the land he could eject the settlers
The informant of the settler said that be-
ing assured he could do-so, Mr.. Drew at
once perfected the lease.
If there is another side to this story THE
GAZETTE waits to learn it before doing
more than direct the attention of the peo-
pie of Texas to land system which rem
ders such proceedings, so intolerable to
American ideas, possible in state that
prides itself on the facility it offers the
poor to secure homes.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-21
"BRITISB BULLD0ZER So

The Mobeetie correspondence of THE
GAZETTE yesterday detailed chapter in
the operation OF the lease law that may
well challenge the consideration of the
people of Texas. Embodied in that cor
respondence is letter addressed to Gov
ernor Ross by two of the thirty settlers
who are threatened with eviction from
their homes by foreign lessees of Texas
lands. That letter speaks so plainly for
itself that it may be appropriately re-
produced in this allusion to the pitiful
story told in THE GAZETTE yesterday:
MoBEETIE, TEX, october 6, 1857,
Hon L. 6. Ross, Governor, Austin, Tex.
DEAR SIR-The undersigned desire to call
your attention to the condition of affairs in
Collingsworth county. There are about thirty
families of actual settlers located upon school
lands, principally upon Eden creek and S 1t
Fork of Red river ia Collingsworth county,
N stof which have small punches of ca.tle
uberipg from 10 to 500 head. We have set
Il upon these lands in good faith with the
vi of seeming homes by ultimate purchase
from the state, and with that intenG have male
permanent ano valuable improvements, uch as
of our settlements ranges from one to four
years. With but few exceptions all of The set
Tiers have small tracts IF lands fenced
and in cultivation, upon which they have de-
pended largely for sustenance. The lands In
question are within the range of the
r 1eking Chair Ranch Company, q corpor
alton chartered by Grea, Britain, which has
purchased the private lands alternating with
the school sections. For four years this COM
pany has occupied and bad fenced tract of
474 sections C3O3 $50 aeres) of which it owned
but one-halt, the balance being the property Of
the state. During this period 1t has paid no
rental to the state. y lew days ago each and
al of the settlers referred to were notified by
one j. John Drew, manager of the Rocking
Chair Ranch Company, that the company had
leased the entire tract so enclosed from the
state, and that all settlers on 1t must get ont
Immediately, under penalty of a criminal pros.
ecution In Travis county. We would respect
fully represent 10 your excellency that such
lease, If any has been made, was In defiance of
our rights as actual settlers under
The provisions of the law giving Us a /
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CHILDRESS.
The County Scat Question Settled at Last
County Notes.

The County Seat Question Settled at Last
County Notes.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
CHILDREss, TEX, Oct. AFTER con-
troversy of six months the county seat
question in this county has been ter
minated by new election and the selec-
ton of Childress formerly Henry as the
permanent location. The people cling
ing to their first love demanded that the
name Henry be changed to Childress,
which was agreed to on the part of the
Fort Worth and Denver Company, and
now peace and harmony prevalent, with
prospects for good town in the near
future. Several business firms have al
ready declared their intention of locating
here.
The number of large ranches to be sup
piled from this point makes 1t an i'm
portant trading point for merchants who
have only been waiting for settlement
Of the location Of the county seat.
Ooe of the necessary evils of which we
are now greatly in need is the newspaper
man. A good live newspaper man would
do well here.
The population in the county is rapidly
increasing. notwithstanding the delay in
the classification of the school lands.
The past season has demonstrated that
this is farming country. Though our
farmers are not numerous, what few We
have boast Of good crops on sod land.
We hsve had plenty of rain, and during
the past week have been blessed with a
causing great rejoicing
IN the part OF farmers who are sowing
wheat. Cdildress county promises to be
one of the farming counties of the Pan
handle,
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PARSONS PLEADS.
One OF The Condemned AuaI ehisfs A.
pals to Governor 0gIesby for fba
Rights OF q Citizen.
He Demands Either Complete Liberty
Dsath-No Regular Troops to Be k,p,
TO Guard the Hanging.

CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 15.-The foI.17-.-.
is an open letter to Governor Os,es17 81
Illinois:
Prison CELL -.
CHICAGO, Ill Or. Iv. ->>-
To His EXceuency Richard J. Ogles5v G,-
ernor of the State of Illinois.
DEAR SIH I SIN aware that petition.
a-e being signed by hundreds OF tsor-
sands of persons addressed TO you mi
tloning you to inteIpose your prercrs,.rs
and commute the sentences OF uvse,,
and comrades from death. You srs
am told q good constitu ioual AWE,
ana 5 sincere man. therefore 0eg 5or
TO examine the record of the t,f,,
consclentiously and decide for vou-
self OF my guilt or innocence
l know that as just man you will dec;fs
IN accordance win the facts, truth s7f'
business of the facts, but write TO yor|
TO reiterate the declaration made in NJ,
published appeal to the people OF Amer.
Ca, September 81, 1887. am guilty or r.
am innocent of the charge for which :,
have been condemned to die. II gufr.v
then prefer death rather than to 90 liz.
the quarry slave at night, scoUrged 70 .l,
dungeon. II innocent / am entitled >,
and will accept nothing less than Ii5er.y
The record OF the trial u,ts
in Judge Garry's court prove.
my innocence OF murder. There exists
conspiracy TO judicislly murder myssf
and imprison my companions, in ~
name and by virtue Of the authority n
the state. History records every des
crl. Il
rulers as having been done in the nam-
OF the people, even 10 the destruction Of
the liberties of the people. l Sun 3 help.
less prisoner and completely in t1s
power Of the authorities, but [ str0us.v
protest against being taken from ny eel
and carried to the pen ns q frlon. There.
fore, in the name of the pe0p.e
whose liberty is being destroyed, and in
the name of peace and justice, l prOtes,
against the COnsummAtIOn OF this iud!CI,
murder, this proposed stranguia,iOn Of
freedom on American soil. l speak fs-
myself l know not Whist course t-s
others may pursue, but for myself I t.
Ject the petition TOR my imprisOnmen,
l am innocent, and l say TO you tina. U.
der nc circumstances will accept = CON.
mutation to Imprisonment. Ia the naue
OF the American citizens | demand he
right, my lawful, constitutional, nsturs.
iHalieDable rigut TO liberty. RespeCtfu.y
yours, (Sigped) ALBERT Z. Parsons.
General Sheridan was interviewed g.
the Palmer last night about the rumo.
that a detachment of regular tr0O.s
would be kept here until after the hanging
of the anarchists. He. said it was ali non
sense and that he was surprised any suc-
rumOr had been circulated.
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4 NAM SOTH PIE.
Eight Feet IL Diameter and weighing Ov.r
Two Tons.


Manchester Times.
The Queens Jubilee has been tar l.7
celebrated in novel fashion at De1w
Dale, and had it not been for the disOr.
orderly behavior of the people the event
would have been complete success.
DENLY Dsle has for long time bse1
celebrated for its pies. In IIS8 there Wss
one baked in commemorative OF the re-
coverV Of George III another was 0sket
in 1915 in honor Cf the peace; another in
1916 in celebration Of the repeal Cf the
corn laws; and now pie has been
baked which is described as une-
qualed in the annals of pie making
1t is recorded of the last pie thst
1t was put on & platform, which gave
way, ard the pie slipped to The
ground; that crowd of 1900 people
surged forward A scramble ensuet,
and amid wild turmoil the stage was
utterly demolished and the pie flung %
the winds. Something like this, but no.
quite so bad, occurred st DENLY Dale
A tremendous crowd Of people locked
from Bradford, Hudersfeld, Barneey,
PenistoDe and the small villages within
radius of eight or nine miles OF DENLY
Before noon the people took up . position
outside the beariers, which had been
erected to keep of the crush, while The
old people Of the village OF DENLY Dsle
and the school children of DENLY, Dep5y
Dale and CumberWorth were being
served with portions Of the pie.
The baking took place IN g specis
oven. The pie was eight feet
in diameter and two feet deep, and cor
tanned sixty-four stones of -four, 1870
pounds of beef, $50 pounds Of mutton, itl
pounds OF veal, $50 pounds of lamb, go
pounds of pork, l20 pounds of ls,d, %
pounds of butter, 50 couples of rabbits,
hares, AZ fowls, 30 pi cons, u grouse, p
ducks, plovers, turkey, 5 geese and 100
small birds, together with 80 eggs and 40
stones Of potatoes, 40 pounds OF heet
suet and 10 pouDos of drippings. TIE
baker was Mr. F. Workman of Halifax.
The pie weighed about 1900 pounds In
the morning 1t was tsken on stone cart
drawn by ten horses TO q field called
Norman park, lent for that purpose.
When the pie reached the field il wss
taken into an Enclosure and left there for
inspection. 1t WAS intended that when me
old people and children had got seated,
Mr.. Henry Briefly, the chairman Of
the committee, should make 8 little
speech, but this was cut short, for Ii
rectly the pie had been taken under one
end of the tent in which it was to be
served to the people, the strong wooden
barriers against which the crowd pressed
gave way, and multitudes rushed into the
tent up to the stone cart, scene of crest
confusion ensuing. In vain were the
people appealed to. The stronger the Sd
peal, the more they rushed into the tent
and the pie crust rapidly disappeared
being either given or forcibly taken
away. It was not till aprOmise had beer
made that when the old people and chill
dren had been served the pie should De
brought into the field and distributed
that the hungry mob could he sppessed.
In the evening there vas q display Of Ire
works. SA
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THE reported troubles in Oolllngsworth are
receiving attention, and the GoVernor says
there is not the slightest danger of any settler
who complies with the law being deprived of
any legal right. It's the policy as well as the
purpose of the administration to fully protect
the &C ual settlers and he believes that If there
is an honest compliance by all parties with the
present law 1t will not only result in greatly
augmenting the school fund but people that
entire section in q few years. -LGazette Austin
Special.
The assurances of Governor Ross will
be welcome to actual settlers, but THE
GAZETTE very seriously doubts if an
honest lease law can be administered in
any manner so as to promote settlement.
The whole system is at variance with the
experience Of the federal land policy and
of Texas prior to 1884.
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ALL ABOUT A BIG TOE.
A Strange Oase against a Mutual Acct
dent Association.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
Howard r Deacon, q lumber merchant
CT No, 1888 North Broad street, yester-
day filed q statement in Common Pleas
Court No. against the United States
Mutual Accident Association OF New
York. On Sunday morning, April 10,
1887, Mr.. Deacon, Gas was his custom
after having bathed," so reads his state
ment, "was cutting his toenails, and
while in the act OF cutting and trimming
the nail on his great toe on the right foot
The knife which he was using accidentally
and unexpectedly slipped and cut open
the flesh and injured the end of the toe,
whereup0n the toe, because Of said cut,
immediately became sore and inhlmed
and continued and increased in soreness
and Inflammation and getting worse
and worse, until said toe was greatly
iDfsmed and swollen, involving the right
leg and groin in symptoms of blood
poisoning" This accident confined
plaintiff to his house and bed until the
Doth of April For this total disability ne
claimed $50 from the insurance COM
pany. By letter, dated June 5, 1887, the
insurance company wrote him IS fol-
lows: "The auditing committee have re-
turned the papers in the matter of your
claim without approval, as the evidence
received does not show that you sus-
tanned any accidental injury from external
violence within the meaning OF an acct
ntinsurance policy. The trouble with
your toe. was dueito the improving toe
nail, which you trimmed too much, caus-
ing tne Inflammation to set up. This is
NOT reg arded as an accident within the
mea1ing of al accident policY.n
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PECUS.
Irriga alton Under way-The Glorious West
in the Ring Again.
of

Irrigation Under way-The Glorious West
in the Ring Again.
Correspondence of the Gazette
PECos Cry, TEX, Oct. 15.-M. D. Gee
and Joe Gibson of this city have had sur
Veyed snd located section of the best
lands in Reeves county, eightmiles north
west of town, where they will immedi-
ately sink an artesisn well and proceed to
irrigsting farm st once. They are lively,
energetic men and will accomplish what
they undertake. The principal crop will
be alfalfa and vegetables, and 80 orchard
will be set out at once. They expect to
have things in operation by December.
Several Others will initiate their example
shortly. The people have quit talking
Doom and are going to work now in earn
est TO furnish living and growing evil
dence If what this country can and will
do. Consequently the country will soon
attract attention and immigration will
flow in. 1t rained all day, all night, and
part of another day this week. Grass is
better than for four years, and cattle are
getting rolling fat. The west is IN the
ring again after the hard knocks of the
last year or two, and this time comes to
St6Y.
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no Rnnnsr. of aovertlsements.

Readers Of the WEEKLY GAZETTE who order
auy goors ADVERTISED in our lumne, or ask for
Information OF the advertisers concerning them
will oblige THE GAZETTE by stating that they
saw the announcement in the columns of this
paper.
persons advertising with US. we shall continue
to do our very best 10 exclude the dishonest or
untrustworthy from these columns We con-
stsntly Gull out and reject all such that we can
disc yer and shat be glad to have the assistance
of our subscribers in so doing
Any failure or delinquency on the part OF al,
vertis. rs, If reported by our subscribers, Will
be duly and properly attended TO.